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Introduction to test construction in the social and behavioral sciences : a practical guide / Joshua A. Fishman and Tomás Galguera.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003.Description: xiii, 167 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0742525198 (alk. paper)
  • 0742525201 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 150/.28/7 21
LOC classification:
  • BF 176 .F57 2003
Contents:
Theoretical topics -- What are "tests for research purposes?" -- The end goal as a first consideration -- Instrument reliability -- Instrument validity -- Item analyses -- Sociopsychological scales -- Empirical topics -- Designing your instrument; componentiality and item type -- Preparation and preliminary testing of the first version -- Analyzing version I: item statistics and instrument reliability -- Analyzing version II: item statistics, instrument reliability, And validity -- Semiformal measurement: varieties of content analysis -- What next? Back to the future.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.

Theoretical topics -- What are "tests for research purposes?" -- The end goal as a first consideration -- Instrument reliability -- Instrument validity -- Item analyses -- Sociopsychological scales -- Empirical topics -- Designing your instrument; componentiality and item type -- Preparation and preliminary testing of the first version -- Analyzing version I: item statistics and instrument reliability -- Analyzing version II: item statistics, instrument reliability, And validity -- Semiformal measurement: varieties of content analysis -- What next? Back to the future.

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